The Waste Books
By: R.J. Hollingdale , Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
4.16
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
German scientist and man of letters Georg Christoph Lichtenberg was an 18th-century polymath: an ex…
Want to Read $ 4.99"To do just the opposite is also a form of imitation."-R.J. Hollingdale, The Waste Books
"The most dangerous of all falsehoods is a slightly distorted truth."-R.J. Hollingdale, The Waste Books
"A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents."-R.J. Hollingdale, The Waste Books
"There are very many people who read simply to prevent themselves from thinking."-R.J. Hollingdale, The Waste Books
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1. رباعيات خيام
By: محمدعلی فروغی , Omar Khayyám , None
4.17
Format: 184 pages, Hardcover
Philosopher, astronomer and mathematician, Khayyam as a poet possesses a singular originality. His … read more
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- literature
- poetry
- classics
- philosophy
"فعاشر الناس على ريبة .. منهم ولا تكثر منَ الأصدقاء"-محمدعلی فروغی, رباعيات خيام
"Now the New Year reviving old Desires, The thoughtful Soul to Solitude retires."-محمدعلی فروغی, رباعيات خيام
"Ah, my Belovéd, fill the cup that clears To-day of past Regret and future Fears."-محمدعلی فروغی, رباعيات خيام
"The Wine of Life keeps oozing drop by drop, The Leaves of Life keep falling one by one."-محمدعلی فروغی, رباعيات خيام
2. The Recognitions
By: William H. Gass , William Gaddis
4.20
Format: 976 pages, Paperback
The book Jonathan Franzen dubbed the "ur-text of postwar fiction" and the "first great cultural cri… read more
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- literature
- classics
"Women get desperate, but they don't understand despair."-William H. Gass, The Recognitions
"That fever had passed; but for the rest of his life it never left his eyes."-William H. Gass, The Recognitions
"Reading Proust isn't just reading a book, it's an experience and you can't reject an experience."-William H. Gass, The Recognitions
"Most people are clever because they don't know how to be honest." William Gaddis, The Recognitions."-William H. Gass, The Recognitions
3. The Waste Books
By: R.J. Hollingdale , Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
4.16
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
German scientist and man of letters Georg Christoph Lichtenberg was an 18th-century polymath: an ex… read more
Want to Read $ 4.99Similar categories in R.J. Hollingdale's The Waste Books book and R.J. Hollingdale's The Waste Books
- german literature
- poetry
- classics
- literature
- germany
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- essays
- 18th century
- science
"To do just the opposite is also a form of imitation."-R.J. Hollingdale, The Waste Books
"The most dangerous of all falsehoods is a slightly distorted truth."-R.J. Hollingdale, The Waste Books
"A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents."-R.J. Hollingdale, The Waste Books
"There are very many people who read simply to prevent themselves from thinking."-R.J. Hollingdale, The Waste Books
4. The Art of Worldly Wisdom: A Pocket Oracle
By: Baltasar Gracián , Christopher Maurer
4.18
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
The remarkable best-seller -- a long-lost, 300-year-old book of wisdom on how to live successfully … read more
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- literature
- philosophy
- classics
- nonfiction
"Be first the master of yourself"-Baltasar Gracián, The Art of Worldly Wisdom: A Pocket Oracle
"Rivalry discovers that courtesy overlooks."-Baltasar Gracián, The Art of Worldly Wisdom: A Pocket Oracle
"A beautiful woman should break her mirror early."-Baltasar Gracián, The Art of Worldly Wisdom: A Pocket Oracle
"The best skill at cards is knowing when to discard."-Baltasar Gracián, The Art of Worldly Wisdom: A Pocket Oracle
5. A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful
By: Adam Phillips , Edmund Burke
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
An eloquent and sometimes even erotic book, the Philosophical Enquiry was long dismissed as a piece… read more
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- classics
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- 18th century
- essays
6. The Gay Science
By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Walter Kaufmann
4.11
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
Nietzsche called The Gay Science "the most personal of all my books." It was here that he first pro… read more
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- german literature
- poetry
- classics
- philosophy
- nonfiction
7. The Complete Essays
By: Michel de Montaigne , M.A. Screech
4.23
Format: 1344 pages, Paperback
Michel de Montaigne was one of the most influential figures of the Renaissance, singlehandedly resp… read more
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- classics
- literature
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- essays
"The thing I fear most is fear."-Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
"We should tend our freedom wisely."-Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
"Why do people respect the package rather than the man?"-Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
"To forbid us anything is to make us have a mind for it."-Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
8. The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert (New York Review Books Classics)
By: Joseph Joubert
4.50
Format: 168 pages,
The elusive French luminary Joseph Joubert is a great explorer of the mind's open spaces. Edited an… read more
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- nonfiction
- essays
9. The Zürau Aphorisms
By: Franz Kafka , Michael Hofmann , Roberto Calasso , Geoffrey Brock
3.68
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
The essential philosophical writings of one of the twentieth century’s most influential writers are… read more
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- german literature
- poetry
- classics
- literature
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- essays
"Usko kuin kirves. Yhtä raskas, yhtä kevyt."-Franz Kafka, The Zürau Aphorisms
"از رقیب راستین، شجاعت بینهایتی به درون تو جریان دارد."-Franz Kafka, The Zürau Aphorisms
"چهطور میتوان در دنیا شادمان بود مگر با گریختن از آن؟"-Franz Kafka, The Zürau Aphorisms
"Meidän on aina kärsittävä itse kaikki aiheuttamamme kärsimys."-Franz Kafka, The Zürau Aphorisms
10. Meditations on First Philosophy
By: René Descartes , Donald A. Cress
3.75
Format: 148 pages, Paperback
Descartes's Meditations on First Philosophy, the fundamental and originating work of the modern era… read more
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- philosophy
- classics
- nonfiction
11. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
By: Laurence Sterne , Melvyn New
3.90
Format: 256 pages,
Laurence Sterne's great masterpiece of bawdy humour and rich satire defies any attempt to categoriz… read more
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12. The Kingdom of This World
By: Alejo Carpentier , Harriet de Onís
4.00
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
A few years after its liberation from French colonialist rule, Haiti experienced a period of unsurp… read more
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13. On Certainty
By: Ludwig Wittgenstein , Georg Henrik von Wright , G.E.M. Anscombe , None
4.50
Format: 282 pages, Paperback
Written over the last 18 months of his life & inspired by his interest in G.E. Moore's defense of c… read more
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14. Gorgias
By: Plato , Walter Hamilton , Chris Emlyn-Jones
4.23
Format: None pages, Paperback
Taking the form of a dialogue between Socrates, Gorgias, Polus and Callicles, GORGIAS debates peren… read more
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15. Philosophy of Law: A Very Short Introduction
By: Raymond Wacks
4.42
Format: 344 pages, Paperback
This lively and accessible introduction to the social, moral, and cultural foundations of law takes… read more
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16. Maxims
By: François de la Rochefoucauld , Leonard Tancock
3.29
Format: None pages, Paperback
The philosophy of La Rochefoucauld, which influenced French intellectuals as diverse as Voltaire an… read more
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17. Philosophical Dictionary
By: Voltaire , None
4.00
Format: 98 pages, Paperback
Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionaryis a series of short essays, hortatory and propagandist, over an… read more
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18. Pensées
By: Blaise Pascal , A.J. Krailsheimer
3.95
Format: 334 pages, Paperback
Blaise Pascal, the precociously brilliant contemporary of Descartes, was a gifted mathematician and… read more
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- philosophy
- classics
- nonfiction
- essays
"Lust is the source of all our actions, and humanity."-Blaise Pascal, Pensées
"Le cœur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point."-Blaise Pascal, Pensées
"Dull minds are never either intuitive or mathematical."-Blaise Pascal, Pensées
"Le coeur a ses raisons que le raison ne connaît point."-Blaise Pascal, Pensées
19. Selected Non-Fictions
By: Jorge Luis Borges , Suzanne Jill Levine , Esther Allen , Eliot Weinberger
0.00
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
It will come as a surprise to some readers that the greater part of Jorge Luis Borges's extraordina… read more
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20. Selected Poems
By: Jorge Luis Borges , Alexander Coleman
3.78
Format: 472 pages, Paperback
Though universally acclaimed for his dazzling fictions, Jorge Luis Borges always considered himself… read more
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21. The King in the Golden Mask and Other Stories
By: Iain White , Marcel Schwob
4.50
Format: None pages,
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